NCJ Number
61930
Date Published
Unknown
Length
34 pages
Annotation
IN BOOKLET FOURTEEN OF THIS 17-PART SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL SERIES FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, TECHNIQUES IN GRAPHING INMATE BEHAVIOR, SPECIFICALLY, THE 'ONE-SHOT' METHOD OF BEHAVIOR EVALUATION, ARE DISCUSSED.
Abstract
THIS SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM PROVIDES INFORMATION ON BEHAVIOR EVALUATION AND GRAPHING AND RELATED CALCULATIONS IN ILLUSTRATED NARRATIVE FORM; FILL-IN QUESTIONS AND MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMSOLVING ARE INCLUDED THROUGHOUT, WITH ANSWERS PROVIDED. IT IS INTENDED THAT THE USER START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOKLET, WORK STRAIGHT THROUGH, WRITE ANSWERS AND SOLVE PROBLEMS AS DIRECTED, AND CHECK COMPLETED WORK. IN ORDER TO EVALUATE CORRECTIONAL PLAN EFFECTIVENESS, COUNTING OR ESTIMATING BEHAVIOR BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND PLOTTING RESULTS ON A GRAPH MAY BE USEFUL. THE ONE-SHOT METHOD IS USED WHEN THE BEHAVIOR CAN OCCUR ONLY IN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, WHICH MAY BE A YEAR, A MONTH, A WEEK, OR A DAY. FOR EXAMPLE, MAKING UP ONE'S BED BEFORE GOING TO WORK IS A ONE-SHOT BEHAVIOR FOR EACH DAY. ONE-SHOT BEHAVIOR MAY BE PLOTTED ON A CUMULATIVE GRAPH WITH THE BEHAVIOR SPECIFIED ON THE VERTICAL GRID AND THE DATES AND TIMES ON THE HORIZONTAL. ON A CUMULATIVE GRAPH, WHEN BEHAVIORS ARE PERFORMED, THE LINE MOVES UP; WHEN BEHAVIORS FAIL TO OCCUR, THE LINE REMAINS FLAT. A SEPARATE GRAPH SHOULD BE USED FOR EACH BEHAVIOR. SKETCHES AND GRAPHS ARE INCLUDED IN THE TEXT. (LWM)